Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-01

President smith Issues an order Relative
TO Passes on the Central Vermont.
President Smith has issued the follow
ING order in regard TO passes and freight
and passenger rates:
In ace irdlncr with the provisions of the in.
tcr-Stutc commerce act. as defined and ugrccd
upon bS the convection 81 presidents aud
heads o. DEPARTMENTS OF the Now England
ratio ds recently held in Boston. the fol.
lowing notice Is given
list. An as I, issu by this company, ex-
ccpt tn tcCr> aud upOyes of railroad COM
pa iiCs VIII tXpirC o. the ith day of Aprii
proNImO. Ate that dute no pass g viii be
issued tbs cummuy in cuntravcntiol of
the provisions of tn interstate commerce
act Holders of pas. cs nerot oforc ISSUED will
please return the same to this Office on or be.
fore that date, In order that exchange and
OF her pas a.. which are permissible under the
pruvisior of that act, can he rc-iSsucd.
I'd: All contacts tor freight or passengers,
existing on the 4th day OF April, pro Aimo,
will tcrnIna'c on that day, and all rates and
special urransemcn's Tor moving freights be
tween States will be cancelled on that day
New classltlca i0rs ami tariffs of rates will be
issued ~ soon as practicable TO conform to
the provisions OF the Interstate law.
An order issued from the office of Second
Vice President Smith on the subject of
passes, reads rs follows:
All raises. except to officers and employees
OF this and other rail Dads and transportation
compauies and th ir families will expire on
April 4th, ptoxmO, and will bc taken up by
couduCtors when presented and returned to
tn Office.
At err April 9Th. ptoximo. no trip passes
they bear date subsequent to April
5h, and state upon their face the object
and purpose for VIII oh they are issued
and no pass will: be issued which applies to or
is 10 be used for Interstate traffic as defined
in the Interstate act and the Interpretation
thereof mide by the convention held in Bos-
ton, March II, FS7. copy Of which, as also of
the int"r-Staie commerce act, will be furnish
e t. the several heads of departments con
Germ d.
All BLANK trip pa ses, now in possession of
heads of departments, will be returned to This
Office.
w. A. Stowell. formerly superintendent
of the Boston, Concord and Montreal, and
Wells River roads, has just been appoint
ed superintendent of the st. Johnsbury
and Lake Champlain, with headquarters
at Woodsville.
A machnist at Bellows Falls has in
vented Il system of car-heating for passen-
ger trains by means of hot air blast.
Mr.. Levi Iasbrouck has been appointed
treasurer of the Central Vermont line
steamers, with Office at Ogdensburg. j.
u. Nestbrook is, by the same order, ap-
pointed auditor.
The auditing department of the Ogdens-
burgh aud Lake ChdmpIaiu division of
the Central Vermont road will be trans
ferred to st. Albans
4h NdOlnt vi UeleHraDn, '
mas also been appointed general car agent
OF the Central Vermont railroad. j. H. |
Cummings, chief tram dispatcher, will |
act as assistant to Mr.. Magiff.
A late railroad rumor is to the effect |
that a connecting link is to be built be |
tween the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens !
burg railroad and the Boston, Hoosac ,
Tunnel aud Western. The gap to be filed |
is about 20 miles in length, extending from |
the terminus of the Boston, Hoosac Tun-
nell and Western at Rotterdam Junction
10 Utica.
1t is stated that the st. Johnsbury aud
lake Cnamplain road is controlled by the
Boston and Lowell aud will pass into the
hands of the Boston and Maine April |,
when the lease OF the Lowell takes effect"
There appears to be no doubt that the
Boston and Lowell road has been leased
10 the Boston ard Maine for 80 years, at
per cent for 10 years and per cent there
after. The directors of both roads have
agreed to those terms and there is no
reason to suppose that the stockholders
VIII not acquesce i'll profitable bargain.
W. a. StOwell who has lust been APP
pointed superintendent of the st. Johns
bury and Lake Champlain, with head
quarters at Wuodsville, still retains his
connection with the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad and Boston and Lowell
as superintendent of Montpelier and Wells
River railroad and superintendent of TIE
w hite Mountain division. Boston ard
Lowell railroad.